It’s been another season to forget for Sunderland.The Black Cats, back in the Championship following their relegation from the Premier League last season, now look destined for the third tier of English football.Saturday’s 2-0 defeat at home to Preston North End was the third loss on the bounce and Chris Coleman’s side remain rooted to the bottom of the table.With 10 league games remaining, time is running out for Sunderland to prevent back-to-back relegations.It’s a sad state of affairs right now. You only need to read what Roker Report, a site dedicated to the club, wrote in their match report from the Preston match to understand what the fans are being put through right now.“We are an absolute embarrassment of a club,” the report read. “My hands are freezing as I type this but I do it because I love Sunderland.“Stood around me are a few thousand others that have braved the cold to watch the worst Sunderland team in history get Olè’d off the park by f**king Preston, for f**k sake.

“If only the owner and most of these players felt the same.”

What happened at half-time in Sunderland 0-2 Preston

What happened at half-time sums it up perfectly.

A group of supporters raised more than £11,000 for the Bradley Lowery Foundation, which honours the young Sunderland supporter who sadly lost his battle with a rare cancer last year, after walking from Bournemouth to the Stadium of Light in the week.

At half-time, these supporters took part in a crossbar challenge. And who won? A Newcastle United fan.

According to a Preston fan who attended the match, the fan proceeded to do “a lap of the pitch celebrating like Alan Shearer”.

For Sunderland supporters, it must feel like everything is against them right now.

Ellis Short is ready to give Sunderland away for free

Last month it was claimed that owner Ellis Short is ready to give the club away for free is somebody willing to take on Sunderland’s huge debt, reported to be around £137.3 million, can be found.

Roughly half of the debt, £69m is owed to Short himself, per BBC Sport. The London-based businessman is thought to be prepared to forego some or all of that number as part of the deal.